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Fact: All kids like playgrounds. Also a fact: Though it may seem to take forever, kids grow up. In just a few short years, innocent days of monkey bars and spiral slides turn into nights of double vodka-sodas and cocaine. Enter CiRCA―a virtual jungle gym for adults. So what happens if you put the real kids in the adult playground? Take a second to imagine―hundreds of unaffected kids partying in a playground stimulating enough to keep jaded adults entertained until the wee hours of the morning. It's like feeding a school-wide birthday party of five-year-olds two pounds of Cherry Blasters and a case of Red Bull and then turning on a strobe light. And since CiRCA's already chock-full of alien cartoon figures and futuristic dolls, it won't take much re-modeling to make it seem like something from another planet. At least, that's what we think the Bunch Family must have been thinking when they decided to organize a day of child's play at the oversized night club.

WORKSHOPS: Of the many exciting WinterCity events happening today, this one stood out in particular. The Soft City, a Toronto collective who have created a miniature model of Toronto made from felt, fabric, and stuffing, will be displaying their architectural masterpiece in the Toronto City Hall first floor rotunda for the next two weekends. Kids are welcome to come out to one of their afternoon workshops to make creations they can either take home or contribute to the ever-expanding Soft City. Toronto City Hall (100 Queen Street West, in the rotunda), 2–7 p.m., FREE.

The Flying Canucks perform in front of City Hall as part of the Wintercity festival.

As part of the Wintercity festival, France's Cie Carabosse are firing up hundreds of clay pots and metal sculptures, some of which are pleasantly warm to sit on. More images from this fiery spectacular after the jump.

Feeling S.A.D.? Toronto's Christmas spirit wore off weeks ago and waiting outside for the streetcar has become more face-numbing than going to the dentist.

Andy Warhol's Factory parties were the ultimate hot spot for an elite cabal of celebrities, radicals, drag queens and porn stars. There has never been a better place to rock out while on an amphetamine high amid mass-produced silkscreen paintings and a fleet of floating silver balloons.

Today is the last chance to see Gordon Halloran’s stunning Paintings Below Zero ice art installation at Nathan Phillips Square as part of the WinterCity festivities, so get down there already!

WARNING: The following report may shock and offend some readers.

The Gallerist is Torontoist's new bi-weekly arts listings. Starting January 31st, check back every other Wednesday for a new batch of events.

In concept, WinterCity has great potential. The city wants us to forget our winter blahs and get out and do stuff--free stuff, tasty stuff, new stuff...the cold-weather version of the summer's Celebrate Toronto Streets Festival. The Winterlicious lineup proves Summerlicious can be equalled in quality, and free entertainment is always a draw. But Toronontist regrets to report, in terms of showcasing our city's "vibrant arts scene" as promised...WinterCity has yet to deliver.

- George Bernard Shaw, playwright